Chapter 2: Anita

"How do you know that?" I asked after an awkward silence.

Evan chuckled, and my body shivered again as I let out a gasp. "I can smell your perfume. You're the only girl I've smelled it on."

Whoa! That meant he'd noticed me, without me knowing about it. When had that happened? "You no-ticed my perfume?"

I liked Evan.

No, I had a big, fat crush on Even. He was tall and athletic, dark-haired with emerald eyes and slightly tanned skin from beach parties and football practice; he was also the sexiest guy in high school for sure. I'd had so many fantasies about him, and having him so close was doing things to my body that made me completely ignore my anxiety.

"How could I not?" He murmured as he ducked his head, so his lips were right at my ear. "You're the most beautiful girl here and that perfume is intoxicating."

Liar.

He didn't know me from the next girl, he was just using a line on me. We'd gone through school together from freshman year when he transferred to our school in the middle of the semester, and I didn't think he'd ever looked twice at me. Why would he notice me now?

I showed up at this party posing as a girl from a school in the next district. Wentworth was a high school just like ours only it was in the next county, and the girls were known for gate-crashing parties all over the area. No one even blinked when I told them the lie, and though I'd worried when I was pulled into the spin the bottle game with Evan, he didn't have a clue we knew each other, nor should he.

Still, I had to remember I was someone else today. I wasn't Anita, the nerd with glasses so thick, that tonight I was shocked that I could see in the dark using contacts. I was Anita, the sexy blonde with blue eyes from a dif-ferent school. Though I'd had to temporarily bleach my hair and put in contacts for the first time to pull of the ruse, not to mention the skimpy clothes I'd worn instead of my normal comfortable clothes so I could fit in, I knew it was worth it just to get to crash this party.

Tonight, I was going to have fun for once in my life. With that in mind, I put aside my reservations, smiled as I'd practiced in my mirror, even though Evan couldn't see it, and turned around. I leaned back against the door and tilted my head up to look at Evan. There wasn't any light in the closet, just a little crack at the top that didn't make it any easier to see by, but as my eyes adjusted, I could see. Evan look down at me, finally, and I didn't think I imagined the heat in his eyes as he looked me up and down.

"I didn't catch your name," I said from dry lips. My tongue darted out to wet them and his eyes followed.

A slow grin spread across his lips. "It's Evan," he said, and leaned his face a little closer. "So, you got picked to follow me in here, huh. What do we do now? It's just the two of us in here..."

Yeah, behind a flimsy door with a bunch of other high school kids not too far away. So not sexy! So not romantic!

I ignored the thoughts in my head. The thought formed in my head that I could finally have what I'd wanted for so long. If I was just brave enough to take it. I imagined I was in the middle of one of my fantasies and raised my hand to press it against his chest, before I ran it slowly up with a glance at him from underneath my eyelashes.

"I don't know," I said quietly, my breath picking up lightly. "You tell me."

"How about this then," he murmured, then leaned down to kiss me.

For a moment, I was frozen. For fantasy, it felt in-credibly real. I tried not to think of it, because I would freak out, my crush just gave me my first kiss. His other arm wrapped around my waist, pulled our bodies closer, which made my mind jolt back to attention, and I real-ized he was going to do so much more than that.

I kissed him back or tried. It was simple at; first, he moved his lips against mine, and I decided to do the same. Then, his lips parted against mine, and I felt his tongue touch the seam of my lips. I let out a gasp, my mouth fell open, and his tongue slid inside. It felt like a huge shock surged through my body, electrifyingly hot, and desire rushed right behind it.